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The Irish standard., 1887-12-03
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NOTICE,

Owing to an annoying mistake in The
Minneapolis postoifice THE lhisH
STANDARDS OF last week intended fof
This city were semitic Mankato, thereby
causing a delay in the delivery OF the
y,sDer fos some days. We are assured
lust such a mistake will not occur
lU.l;,,
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

The total ordinary postal revenue fol
the fiscal year was $48,l1S,273, which
was increased S7l9,336 by receipts from
tIle money orders. This is an increase
Of little more than II per cent. over
the business Of the previous year.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

a WRIT has been sworn out by Mr.
Mandeville against tbs governor Of
Tullamore prison for assault. The
charges are based upon the treatment
he received at the time his clothes Were
stripped off by the prison authorities.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

w. T. EosTIAN, editor ct the Bristol
(Dak. Independent, has been appointed
postmaster at Bristol. W. F. is a Dem
ocrat from away lack and richly de-
serves the honor thus shoWered upon
him. Ills many Minneapolis friends
will learn Of his appointment with
great satisfaction.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

POPE LEO XIII. is very fond Of az.
ricuIture, and has passion for. plant
ing trees. One of his first works after
his election was to plant the garden OF
the Vatican with fruit trees and vines,
and this year for the first time the
grapes of the Vatican garden are
turned into wine. His Holiness super
intends the operation and gives the ne
cessary orders,
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03
PREACHER MORRILL, is down ON

PREACHER MORRILL,. is down On the
Sunday theatres. We do not wish to
be understood as encouraging Sabbath
desecration when we remark that there
is less danger to be feared from the
Sunday theatre than listening to one
Of this blatant preachers so-called
sermons. morrill, and morality are not
synonymous terms.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

WE believe that it is the duty Of
every newspaper to do all in its power
to unearth lniquity, but is it right for
a publication to resolve itself into a
Judge and jury and without hearing the
evidence condemn man to death !?
This, we are constrained to say, has
been done in the case of the Barretts,
who are charged with the murder Of
:Tolefson. the street-car driver.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

LORD HARTINGTON' reception in
Dublin last Tuesday was not particu-
larly enthusiastic. He was Missed as he
left the train.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

Tile Garfield statue, erected by Cit,
izens oil Cincinnati, was unvailed De-
cember L. and the occasion was an i'm
pressive one. The principle oration
was delivered by Hon. &. B. Taylor.
who succeeded Gen. Garfield i1 Con
gress Oh the election OF this latter AS
United States Senator.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03
EDITORIAL BREVETIES,

JACOB SHARP has beer. granted q
new trial. Verify, She mills Of the
gods grind slow.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

WATER is scarce il MINI eapolis, but
other drinks are lust as plentiful as
ever. IN this connection we might pro-
pound the question, could a temperance
man be accused OF violating his pledge
should he abstain from the use Of water
ION purely economical groundsl and i'm
bibe something stronger ? Will some
body answer this question Immediately
and save many well-meaning persons
FROM further confusion F.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

DURING the visit OF Loud Hartin gton
to Dublin q small sensation occurred
while be was being driven to his hotel
from the depot. Three men, named
respectively Fields, Wood and Hines,
were arrested, charged With hootlng at
Lord Harrington ana indulgiDg in SUI
perabundance Of derogatory cries. The
ever ready Timothy Healy was Oh hand
on this OCCASION and defended the men
in the police court, where they were
brought before magistrate. Their
cases were dismissed, as it appeared
that the prisoners who were accused OF
creating d disturbance around the
noble lords carriage were guilty OF
nothing more heinous than insisting cn
presenting all address in favor Of tiome
Rule to harrington Hines final y sue
ceeded in throwing it into the cazraga.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

Mrs. JAMES CANSoN, eff St. Louis
requested her husband TO make the
following distributions, after her death:
$500 to the Sisters Of St Mary $500 to
the Little Sisters Of the Poor $500 to
the Sisters of the Good Shepherd ; $500
to the support of the orphans, and 81 900
to the building fund Of st. Xavier's
church. The amounts have been
promptly paid by the husband. This
good Christians example is worthy of
imitation.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

WE have received a copy of the
book, "Down the Great River" by
Captain Willard Glazier. In it the au-
thor describes, by means of series OF
graphically written letters, an account
of a journey to explore the source Of
the Mississippi River. The work is in
valuable from geographical point Of
view, and is entertaining as we'll as in
structive. The real source of the Mis-
slssippi appears to be an ascertained
fact y.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-03

Mr.. TOWNSEND TRENCH, probably
stung by remorse Of conscience for his
deeds in Luggacurran has taken to the
pulpit and left the rent Office. He has
been lately conducting special services
in Methodist churches in Belfast.
Trench now sees that he mas played q
losing game at Luggacurran, and both
he and Lansd downe would be overjoyed
If they got the offer that was made
when the Plan of Campaign was
adopted The tenants stand 70 win :. !.
Lansdo doWnes to lose IN pocket and .repu-sz
taJion and Trench 81 egret his broken
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23
A Craze for Ivory Miniatures.

A young French artist in town Is at
present supplying society with ivory min
iatures, and although they come exceed
ingly high he Is scarcely able to keep up
with the demand. Painting on ivory, il
not a lost art, was until the present re-
vival almost a forgotten one. Such work
requires exact taste, abundant patience
and peculiar skill. The skill and the
knowledge of the art required of course
died away with the falling off of a de-
mand for the kind Of work in question.
The cheapness and apparent value and
~permanency Of photographs struck a fatal
blow at the one time popularity Of ivory
miniatures. But with the lapse Of years
ii has been found that photographs are
not permanent records, and people, be-
sides, have more money and more taste
than when photographs took first place in
their affections. The transparency and
beauty of these miniatures are a delight
TO the eye, but the commonplace buyer
with the commonplace pocketbook is
rather staggered with the information
that a miniature three or four inches
square costs $500 to $500. The artist re-
ferred to has just finished a miniature Of
Mrs. George Gould, which is not only a
good likeness, but an exquisite picture in
itself. A craze for this sort Of thing in
society is predicted.-New York Mail and
Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23

The supply Of bogus boots carried to
Egypt by one Of the last drafts Of our
forces there ought not to result in fortune
to the INSCRIPTIONS maker, as a similar
piece Of enterprise did during the Crimean
war. On investigation being made, &C.
cording to the correspondent of a con.
temporary, into the badly shod condition
Of the men, it was discovered that the
boots were machine made, which is con-
trary to the contract for boots to be used
on active service. But, beyond this, they
were composed Of thin leaves of leather,
filed out with q substance something like
pitch, rendering them absolutely useless
for hard work. This is q case In which
the guilty party can be traced and exposed
or punished without the slightest diff
Guilty, and the pitch boots need not join
the ~bayonets, the cartridges, the hay and
all the other things which no official fellow
can understand. Pail Mall Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23
Culture.

There Is, perhaps, says Mr.. John VIII
cox, Of vineland, N. j., no practice SO
fatal to successful strawberry growing as
the one almost universally adopted of al
lowing the ground to remain uncultivated
until after the fruit is gathered. This is
done to avoid the sanding Of the fruit, but
it must be borne in mind that under this
practice, with the droughts which occur
two years in five, during the ripening Of
the fruit, the crop is practically lost where
otherwise, by the retention Of moisture in
the soil, through a thorough system of
pulverizing and cultivation, a full crop of
the best fruit could have been obtained.
In connection with this we observe the
most important fact Of all, that during
the prevailing droughts the short crop
causes the market TO rule high, so that
under this system Of thorough cultivation
we are doubly rewarded for the extra la
Dor expended in the production of a full
crop.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23
shrrw. se,,p,,nc.rly c-.n..aer,a.

Attempts to connect physiological ap
pearances with a certain stamp Of char
acter are as old rs Aristotle and Plato.
Mr.. Jordan, in his recently published
work CsAnatomy and Physiology In Char
acter'D, seeks to establish the connection
on a scientific basis. In the preface he
apologies for the unpleasant and clumsy
epithets Of shrewish and non shrewSh,"
which he uses for want of better terms.
His attention some time ago was drawn
TO the physical conformation OF women In
hospital suffering from Ill usage at the
hands of their husbands. The peculiari-
ties common TO them all were a clear skin,
often pink, scanty hair growth both ON
the head and eyebrows and ~convexity Of
the spine. more or less marked. Friends
and ~neighbors said or limited that these
women had ''sharp tongues in their
head" Mr.. Jordan eventually discovered
that these peculiarities in connection with
n shrewish character were not confined to
one sex, and he classes men and women
under the two heads Of ''shrews and non
shrews."
Mr.. Jordan lays some stress on the
fact that in shrewish men and women the
skin is clear, transparent and pigment
less, often accompanying very pretty
features. The nails are inclined to be
thin and weak, easily bent or torn, the
hair thin and scanty, the eyebrows
especially being poor and e That
marriages should ever be arranged by
q mutual choice Of shrews with shrews
and non shrews with non shrews appears
to be very hypothetical; still, Mr.. Jordan
is not without some hope that future
years may bring such a result.-London
lancet
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23

The ladies Of Santa Rosa, Cal, wear
PAPER bonnets.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23

The latest Of Washington novelties is a
Greek dinner. The table, at one given
there recently, was decorated with gar
lands Of roses, and the center ornament
was a Grecian Tyre, with golden strings.
The floral decorations were garlands OF
roses, and the walls were hung with rugs.
Coucbes were placed at intervals
throughout the room. The guests sat on
great chairs, covered with rugs, and each
wore a wreath Of laurel, tied with purple
ribbon. The men was written In Greek
(which, OF course, was as plain as the
roses on the table to understand, and
among the dishes were wild boar, roast
kid and hare. An intermission OF half an
hour took place at about the middle OF the
dinner, when burning Oriental drinks
were served In silver tankards.-New
York Graphic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23

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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23
Providing Their own Monuments.

The tallest monument In New York
state and, in all probability, in the coun-
try is that which marks the grave Of Gen.
John Il. Wool, at Troy, N. Y. The fa-
nous general left 100000 in his will for
the monument. 10 is a plain granite shaft
which rises In tapering grandeur far above
the surrounding trees, and can be seen for
miles in any direction. Long John Went
worth is now erecting a monument 70
himself In a Chicago cemetery, which will
cost him S32, 000.-New York Cor. Boston
Globe.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23
Marking Farm Tools.

IL In convenient sometimes b mark our
tools. This can easily be done as follows:
Fist clean the place you wish 10 mark,
and then cover II with a thin layer OF
oeeswax raising the edges 10 M 10 form q
basin. Mark Your mime IN the wax with
. sharp instrument, cutting II through TO
the steel. When this N done, M the
basin with undilnted nitric acid, or aqua
FORTS, and let IL stand awhile. The
longer II stands the deeper IL win cut.
Then wash with water. Scientific Ameri-
pan.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23

An old New York dry goods auction
merchant. who resided I'm Jersey, crossed
Cortlandt street ferry morning and night.
One morning as he was coming over he
noticed that one OF the best customers Of
his house slipped through without paying.
On bis arrival at the store he told his
auctioneer not 10 receive a bid from such
q man. The latter observed. why,
thought he was goodr' 80 did ], but
have changed my mind; ] viii not trust
him q dollar" Not long after the mer-
chant failed and did not pay five cents on
~ dollar. Dry Goods Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-23

Next year viii he the centenary Of the
colony Of New South Wales, the first con-
vpy Of conyicts having reached Botany
nsy on Jan. 20, 1873. And the colonists
ere now debating how best 10 celebrate
he event. But none Of them are anxious
. trace their origin 70 these first s~cttlsrs.
New York Trfbune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-03-11
Boring for Gas,

Boring for gas is exactly like boring
for oil, in all its workings; but the aft
corporations of pumping and packing,
us in the case of some Oil-wells to raise
the oil, are not necessary in gas-wells
II the gas is there, it will come up of
its own free will and accord, and come
with rush, blowing tools and every
thing else out of the well before it. In
deed, gas men would often be as glad
to keep their treasure down as oil men
are to get theirs up. The great press
ure at which it is confined in the earth,
and the corresponding force with which
it escapes from the well, make it some
what hard to manage or control. This
pressure is enOrmOus-as high as five
hundred pounds to the square inch in
some cases where it has been guaged.
In the great McGugin well, which was
not gagged, the pressure is estimated
to have reached eight hundred pounds
to the square inch. Any attempt to
cOntine the gas in this well for the pur-
pose of measuring it would doubtless
have resulted in sending the iron
casing flying from the well, or in pro-
ducing other effects more startling
and costly than satisfactory or agree
able. Indeed, until recently, no plan
had been devised by which the flow of
gas from well could be stopped or re-
dnced. The quantity of gas that es-
capes from some wells is enormous,
bat probably no correct estimate of it
has yet been made. Where the gas is
''piped" away to mills and houses, all
that comes from the well may be used;
but If it is not all used, the remainder
must be allowed to escape into the air.
This is done at the regulator, where it
Is burned. The regulator is an arrange
ment of pipes and valves, placed be-
tween the gas-well and the town sup
piled with the gas. 1t allows only just
as much gas rs Is being burned in the
town to go on through the pipes, and
SO reduces TO proper and safe point
the dangerously high pressure of the
gas rs it comes rushing along from tho
well. The temperature of the gas rs
It comes from the wells is about forty
i've degrees, ahrenheit.--Samse ".
Hall, "a 50. Nicholas.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-03-11
mhn Ar nnnnkn,,r

For March adds to the brilliant Iepu.
tatlon of the magazine for artistic col
ored studies by giving beautiful plate
of "Blue Titmice" fitting gayly through
the air or perched on blossonnlng cherry
bolghs. Other notable features are an
admirable double-page design of Chi
nese primrosesj o charming female head
with ivy wreath, by Ellen WelbY; china
painting designs for panel female fig
ure), a lamp vase pitcher plant and 8
fruit plate (pears); design of daisies
for glove box in repousse brass; sew.
eral designs for altar frOntals and secu
lar needlework, including a striking
portiere; attractive motives for fan and
lamp shade decoration; page of out.
line figure sketches by Edith Scannell
and page of monograms In N. Amono
the practical topics treated are flower
painting, portraiture in oils, china paint.
ing, and needlework, and there is par.
ticularly valuable article on the con.
struction and arrangement of "The Pro.
vincial Art Gallery. Excellent Illus.
trated notices are given of the A. T.
Stewart collection, to be sold in March
and the Robert Graves collection, sold
in February. The Water Color and
Etching Exhibitions are reviewed, and
there is great Yarieyt of interesting
and instructive miscellaneous art read
ing. Price So cents. Montague Marks,
publisher, % Union Square, New York
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-03-11
Winter Gardening.

The use Of sash aud heating manure
is yearly becoming more and more COM
mon among farmers in the forcing of
vegetables for transplanting to the open
ground in the spring. These hot-beds
are not less seldom found among subur-
ban residents, The reason why they
are not still more common is from the
fact that people must buy the heating
manure, and the expense is an obstacle,
1t is a mistake, however, to suppose
there is any loss here. Manure is re.
quired for the garden, and when it has
exhausted its heat in the hnt-bed 1t is in
just the proper condition to apply to the
soil, and the soil of the bed has in the
meantime absorbed all the gases given
up by the heat generated except that
small portion absorbed by the plants
within the frame.
If this fact were better known winter
gardening would come to be more and
more practiced by both farmers and vii
lage residents. All that is required is
a pit two feet deep to accommodate the
heating manure, the frame having dou-
BILE walls six inches thick, filled with
tan-bark, the frame rising not more than
four inches above the surface of the
ground at the front, and about six inches
at the back. With proper protection of
the whole against the wind by means
of evergreen hedges and solid board
fence. and q foot of slough hay to cover
the glass at night, and in very severe
weather when the sun does not shine,
radish, lettuce, parsley, pepper-grass,
etc, may be grown all winter, lettuce
forming the principal crop. If the let
tuce plants have been started in Novem-
Der two full crops may be taken during
the winter. The care of the bed once
the crop is transplanted is not onerous.
It is simply question of watching,
covering early at night and not uncOv-
ering in the morning until the sun
shines fully on the glass. There are
times when the hay must be left on the
lid continuously. on account of intense
freezing weather, yet this is seldom, if
the sun shines.
The satisfaction of having plenty of
lettuce is alone sufficient to repay the
labor, where the, heating manure may
be had, and, as rule, however plenty
lettuce may be had in the city markets,
it is seldom had in its best condition in
the suburbs, and, never in the country
unless raised at the home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-03-11
The Ruby Mines Of Burmah

Owing to the very great jealousy of
the Burmese government, the ruby
mines have been carefully guarded
from all strangers, and from this cause
our knowledge regarding them is very
small. The mines are said to be only
about sixty miles northeast of Manda-
lay. The extent Of ground over which
the rubies exist has not been precisely
ascertained, but it is believed to extend
at least over one hundred square
miles,,
The value of these mines was report
ed a few years ago to be worth an
nually from $4,000 to E15,0OO; but
this includes sapphires and other stones
as well. The mines were wholly royal
property, and the stones We're mo-
nopoly of the king. From this it may
be assumed that the Indian govern
ment will now claim the ruby mines.
The 'gem bed" as it is called, or
strata in which the rnbies are found,
varies considerably at different points
in their depth, Pits are sunk down
vertically till gem has been touched,
and then horizontal galleries are form
ed through it, These strata differ con-
siderably In thickness; sometimes they
are only few inches, while in Others
they are found several feet In depth.
The earth of the gem bed is brought up
to the surface, where it is carefully
washed, aud the gems are secured
The most Of the rubies are small, but
large ones do turn up; the difficulty is
to find large ones without a flaw.
The lapidaries or gem polishers are
in the capital, and not at the mines
The polishing process is performed by
pounding the smaller gems and worth
less stones. These are pounded ant
mixed with other substances, and
formed into cakes about ten inches
long and four wide. The good rubie:
are rubbed on this. When the ston,
has been ground down roughly on thi!
finer cake is employed, and the
finishing touch to the gem Is given b!
rubbing it on plates of brass or copper
Sapphires are also found with tn,
rubies. The people employed manag'
to secrete small stones, and these az,
Struggled from the mines to the CAPT
tal.-Lorgd01a Daily Net0s.